Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) today announced the tentative pricing of its “JICA SDGs Bonds” (the 71st JICA Bonds (Domestic FILP Agency Bonds)) for retail investors as follows: Reservations will be accepted on January 10. The bonds will be retail bonds. The “JICA SDGs Bonds” are bonds for individuals, the proceeds of which will be used to fund projects undertaken by JICA to support the resolution of social issues in developing countries in order to achieve the SDGs. As an option for social contribution that individuals can make, each individual’s action through investment in the Social Bonds (Note 1) will be a force for change in the world. Outline of the 71st JBIC Bonds] ■Issue amount (planned): 5 billion yen ■Term: 5 years (to be redeemed on December 20, 2027) ■Tentative interest rate: 0.210% to 0.510% per annum (interest rate to be determined on January 13 (Note 2)) ■Request period: January 10 to January 12 (After the determination of the issue conditions on January 13, the bond will be issued from January 16 to February 2. (After the determination of the issue conditions on January 13, the offering is scheduled to be made from January 16 to February 2) ■Subscription unit: 10,000 yen ■Issue price: 100 yen per face value of 100 yen ■Collateral: general collateral ■Securities companies: Mizuho Securities Co.
For inquiries regarding bonds, please contact the following securities companies.
Call Center, Mizuho Securities Co.
Contact (phone number) 0120-324-390
Business hours: Weekdays 8:00-19:00 / Saturdays 9:00-17:00
Customer Service Center, SBI Securities Co.
Inquiries (phone number) (landline) 0120-104-214 / (cell phone) 0570-550-104
Business hours: Weekdays 8:00-17:00 (except year-end and New Year holidays)
Daiwa Securities Contact Center
Contact (phone number) 0120-010-101
Business hours: 8:00-18:00 weekdays (except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays)
Rakuten Securities, Inc. Customer Service Center
Contact (phone number) (landline) 0120-188-547 / (mobile) 03-6739-3355
Business hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. weekdays (except Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays)
Please contact the following for inquiries about matters other than bonds.
Finance Division I, Finance Department, JICA
(tel: 03-5226-9279)
(Note 1) “Social bond” is a bond whose purpose of financing is to contribute to solving social issues, and the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) has published a definition of the term (social bonds are for projects that contribute to solving social issues and require disclosure of information on “use of funds,” “project evaluation and selection process,” “fund management,” and “reporting”) as The Social Bond Principles. The Social Bond Principles are published by the International Capital Market Association (ICMA) as “The Social Bond Principles”. The Social Bonds to be issued by the Organization are bonds that follow the characteristics of the above Social Bond Principles, and a second opinion has been obtained from a third-party organization (The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.). The funds to be raised by the Bonds will be used for the Organization’s paid-in financial cooperation services (except for loans to coal-fired thermal power generation projects).
(Note 2) There is a possibility that the price will be outside the range of the provisional terms.
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